Old-Fashioned Amish Winter Doughnuts
a delicious, easy recipe
Ingredients
- 1½ cup heavy cream
- 2 ¼ cup sour milk
- 2 heaping tsp baking soda
- 3 large eggs
- 3 to 4 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons sugar
- plus sugar for rolling
- Lard or vegetable shortening, for frying
Instructions
- Combine the cream, sour milk, baking soda, eggs, and flour in a large bowl.
- Add the salt and sugar.
- Roll out to a 1 /4-inch thickness and cut up into any shapes as big as you wish, or into 2 by 4-inch pieces.
- Cut a 2 ½-inch slit in the center of each cake.
- Make sure the slit goes completely through the cake.
- Heat the lard in a deep kettle or pan to a depth of about 2 inches until very hot.
- Fry the cakes in batches until golden, about 1 minute on each side. Roll the cakes in a pan of sugar while still warm.
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